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Internet Bacon

The prevailing lore is that once you discount spam (which we all try to ignore), 98% of the internet is composed of cats, pornography, MySpace, and bacon. Bacon? Yeah, bacon is all over the internet. I first noticed bacon as a shared motif when John Scalzi taped bacon to his cat. It was on his list of "things to do" and some commenters did not believe he'd do it. The cat was the hottest thing on the internet for a while. He later posted a motivational poster summing up the experience.

And why not? Bacon is tasty, fattening, decadent, and in some religions, taboo. A couple of my favorite blogs, The J-Walk Blog and YesButNoButYes have posted so much about bacon that it achieved its own category on both sites. There are entire blogs dedicated to bacon, including The Bacon Show, Bacontarian, Six Degrees of Bacon (not Kevin Bacon), and Bacon Unwrapped. You can keep up with bacon news as it happens. If you broadened your scope to pork or barbecue, no doubt you'll find a lot more bacon resources. After all, this is the Year of the Pig.

If you are a bacon devotee, you can dress the part. Show up at our next formal occasion with a suit that looks like bacon, and smells like bacon, too! Be warned: dogs may follow you home. Accessorize properly. Converse now has the Chuck Taylor Eggs and Bacon shoes available. There are many ways to wear bacon on your head, including a bacon hat, toupee, and tattoo. Some folks just can't advertize their devotion to bacon enough.

Bacon addicts can make a home smell like bacon, too! Wake up to the aroma of bacon with the Bacon Alarm Clock, which you've seen here before. Or if you'd rather have a long-lasting scent, this Bacon Candle is just the thing, or you might want to go with the Bacon Air Freshener.

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